Category: Other communities

Local Postcards

Here are postcard images of Altamont and other area communities. How many of these places do you recognize?

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Altamont Agricultural Fair. The pre-cursor to the Effingham County Fair
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Brown’s National Inn on Adams Street near the depot.
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Hogan’s Store and Opera House. This building is located on the corner of Second and Washington Street.
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Union Cemetery’s original gate.
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The Altamont Flour Mill
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Altamont Campgrounds. Now, the site of Town and Country Subdivision south of town.
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One of Altamont’s first schools. Location unkown.

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The first St. Anthony’s Hospital pre-fire.
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The old Immanuel Lutheran Church.
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Immanuel Lutheran School. Now A.L.I.S.

 

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Ace-Hi Motel, now the Altamont Motel.
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Aloha Motel, now the Super 8 Motel.
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The Pecan Shoppe. Now a combination Subway/gas station.

 

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